CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 22nd April 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 22^nd  April 2022

1. ‘World Earth Day’, also known as ‘International Mother Earth Day’, is celebrated every year on April 22. The Theme of Earth Day is to ‘Invest in our planet’.
2. The Three-day “Smart Cities, Smart Urbanization” conference kicked off today in Surat.
3. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will open the ‘Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit 2022’ at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
4. Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH, said that the 1^st ‘Incredible India International Cruise Conference-2022’ will be hosted in Mumbai.
5. According to a Home Ministry notification released, senior IAS officer Naresh Kumar has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of Delhi.
6. Biliti Electric Inc (Biliti), based in California, United States of America, has announced its intention to establish the world’s largest electric three-wheeler manufacturing facility in Telangana.
7. The latest report on the state of India’s Children: ‘Status and Trends in Multidimensional Child Development’ will be jointly developed and launched by NITI Aayog and UNICEF India.
8. Russia tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking Europe and the US, in April 2022.
9. The Kerala government entered into an MoU with the Netherlands on 21 April 2022 for the ‘Cosmos Malabaricus Project’.
10.  The ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package’ (PMGKP) has been extended for a further period of 180 days from 19^th April 2022.
11.  NITI Aayog’s Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar has stepped down after being the helm of the institution for nearly five years.
12.  PM Narendra Modi attended the ‘Adijati Maha Sammelan’ in Dahod on 20 April 2022 where he inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various development project worth around Rs 22,000 crore.
13.  The Government has appointed A.K. Sood as the Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to it.
14.  21^st April 2022, the Chief Minister (CM) of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, released 2 Books; The Coffee table book titled “The Magic of Mangalajodi” by Avinash Khemaka and A compilation of the Sikh history of eastern India titled “Sikh History of Eastern India” by Abinash Mohapatra.
15.  A Cyber Organization recognized by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will undertake the world’s largest and most complicated “live-fire” cyber defence drills.